Inscribed to Melville's father-in-law
Address of Professor Benjamin Peirce president of the American Association for the Year 1853, on retiring from the duties of president
[Boston? printed by order of the Association, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 17, [3]; original plain brown wrappers, nearly loose, but present. On the front wrapper is the inscription "Chief Justice [Lemuel] Shaw with the respects of the author." Shaw was the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and..... More